Introduction: Interactive Map Quiz

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Click on the map key so that the trade routes disappear. Felipe Fernandez-Armesto, a famous world historian, contends that during the time period covered in this map Europe was a "mere promontory of Asia." Looking at the map and taking in to consideration your knowledge of the politics and geography of the time, what do you think Fernandez-Armesto meant?

Europe was a rocky and craggy place compared to the grasslands of Asia.

In terms of wealth, power, and geography, Europe was a marginal region compared to Asia.

Europe was a tiny province of the Asian empire.

Europe’s mountainous environment retarded its development as a civilization.

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Click on the map key so that the trade routes reappear. Which statement below best describes the trade networks of Afro-Eurasia in 1450?

Traders and merchants typically traveled from east to west.

Few trade routes crossed Eastern Europe because Eastern Europe produced few trade goods.

Europe was part of a vast trade network that included Africa and Asia.

Atlantic trade routes hugged the coast because most people at the time thought the world was flat.

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Click on the map key so the trade routes appear. Which European country in 1450 had established a trading presence in West Africa?

France

England

Spain

Portugal

Introduction: Interactive Map Quiz

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